Clothes-wringer



(No Model.) V

M. J. ALTHOUSE.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

Patented Dec. 19, 1882.

Juan; Inventor.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

MILO J. ALTHOUSE, OF WAUPUN, WISCONSIN.

CLOTH ES-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,165, dated December 19, 1882.

Application filed October 16, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILO J. ALTHOUSE, of Waupun, in the county of Fond du Lac and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain Improvements inClothes-Wringers, of which the lollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the constructionof that class of clothes-wringers wherein an elastic arm jointed to a wooden main frame carries at one end a wringer-roll and at the opposite end one of the clamps by.

which the wringer is secured in position, as in Letters Patent of the United States to Endson, No. 230,942, August 10, 1880.

The improvement consists in an improved form of connection for uniting the elastic arm or lever with the main frame, whereby increased strength and durability is secured and the cost of construction reduced.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents an end elevation of a wringer containing my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view, showing the connections for one of the elastic levers disconnected from each other.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the main frame, constructed,as usual, of two wooden end pieces, u, connected by suitable crossbars, b I). Each of the end pieces a is provided. as usual, with a notch or recess in its upper end, forming a seat for the journal of the lower wringer-roll, B. The upper wringer-roll, O, has its journal at each end sustained in the upper end of an angular elastic lever or arm, D, of steel or equivalent elastic metal. These levers are connected with the end pieces, a. The lower ends of the levers are connected by a crossbar, c, which supports at its center a transverse screw, E, carrying one of the clam ping devices F.

As regards the general arrangement of the main frame, rolls, levers, and clamping'screw, the parts are of substantially ordinary construction. 4

Hitherto it has been customary to connect the levers D to the wooden end pieces of the frame by means of variously-constructed hingejoints, which were somewhat expensive in construction, and which were unreliable, for the reason that when subjected to strain they frequen tl y worked loose. In order to avoid these difficulties, Imake use of the peculiar connection shown, by which I am enabled to reduce the cost of construction, to improve the action and durability of the parts, and prevent the splitting of the wooden frame, which was liable to occur under the old construction.

My improved connection consists, first, in a bolt, G, having a flattened head provided with a transverse eye or perforation, g, and a long threaded shank or body, It, designed to enter the wooden end piece, a. This threaded shank, being made of considerable length, serves as a means of securing the head to the wooden frame, and also as a means of tying the end pieces together in such manner as to prevent them from splitting under thestrain to which they are subjected."

The second part of the coupling consists of a U-shaped bolt, H, which isinserted through the eye or opening in the bolt G, alter which its two ends are passed through holes made for the purpose in the elastic lever 11), and provided on the outside with nuts '6. By means of the stirrup-bolt and nuts the lever is held snugly against the outerflattened head of the bolt, permitting it to tip thereon with perfect nection entirely avoids the difficulties before enumerated, and that it is free of any kind.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to claim is-- 1. As animprovelnent in clothes-wringers, the combination, with the main frame and the roll-carrying lever D, of the eyebolt G and stirrup-bolt H, constructed and applied as described and shown.

2. In a clothes-wringer, the combination of the wooden frame'piece a, the eyebolt G, having its end perforated and flattened to serve as a bearing, the elastic "lever D,connected with the roll and clamp and seated against the end of the bolt G, and the stirrup-bolt H, inserted through the eyebolt and lever, and se cured to the latter, as described and shown.

3. The improved joint for connecting the elastic lever with the mainframe of a wringer, consisting of a bolt having its end perforated transversely and provided with a straight from objection rounded edge, and a stirrup-bolt inserted 

